# Wallace and Grommit on the Cartoon Network Tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988 "2001-07-27T18:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/1 "2001-07-27T18:04:08Z")
Check your local listings.🙂 They are airing all three Wallace and Grommit films. \*\*A Grand Day Out The Wrong Trousers A Close Shave\*\* My nephews got me addicted to Nick Park and I own all three of these movies on VHS. If you haven’t seen them, I highly recommend them. BTW, your children will like them too. [sub] I think I’ll get some cheese now hehehehehe[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/2 "2001-07-27T18:32:23Z")
Yay! Wallace and Gromit! I adore Wallace and Gromit! ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/3 "2001-07-27T19:26:02Z")
I’ve got those three videos too - they are excellent! Hooray for Wallace and Grommit!! ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/4 "2001-07-27T19:39:41Z")
Ahhh, but are they going to show Creature Comforts? ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/5 "2001-07-27T19:45:12Z")
I wish they’d show Creature Comforts as well… I’ll be watching with my stuffed Sean the Sheep though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/6 "2001-07-27T23:59:31Z")
I’d better cancel my date tonight and stop by the grocers for some cheese. Actually I already have the video box set so I can afford to miss it this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/7 "2001-07-28T00:05:29Z")
I knew I should’ve ordered cable this weekend. I used to have all three on tape - I bought a box set some time ago. It happens to be one of the things I never got back when I was unceremoniously dumped by the first fiance. That cow. I hope the tapes got left in the back seat of a car and they warped on her so she may never enjoy them again. Anyway, now that I vented some bitterness, time to call my sister and see if she’ll tape them for me. ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/8 "2001-07-28T00:10:11Z")
Well I plan to break out the Wensleydale, slip on some comfortable trousers, and settle in with the knitting for this Claymation extravaganza! I really must grab a blank tape this time around. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/9 "2001-07-28T01:19:42Z")
Are you American? No offense, but if you are, I seem to see that you are mistaken. It actually seems that the things are TOMORROW at 7 pm Eastern time, and again Sunday at 10 am Eastern time. (Do check your local listings for time and channel). It’s a simple mistake, but I, like many Americans, enjoy Nick Park’s wonderful animated shorts. (Did you know it took him six years to complete _A Grand Day Out_? He was taking classes at an art school then.) It seems quite a labourious task to move little Plasticine figures around, but the results are magnificent. It sounds interesting- maybe I’ll get a job as an animator when I’m in my late 20s? I think I’m rambling now. I’ll just be going out for some cheese now… I really _do_ like cheese, you know. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/10 "2001-07-28T02:23:53Z")
I saw the announcement in Entertainment Weekly. Damn them. I find it amazing the character depth Nick Park achieves. Who here doesn’t get a little teary eyed at the scene in \*\* A Close Shave \*\* when Grommit’s sitting in jail weeping? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/11 "2001-07-28T02:49:05Z")
Crackin’ good! Oh, wait. I’m in Canada. And I have the video. Oh well. I’ll watch my niecey poo watch Muchmusic and feel my brain oooozing out of my ears, instead. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/12 "2001-07-28T03:00:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hardygrrl \* > \*\*Who here doesn’t get a little teary eyed at the scene in \*\* A Close Shave \*\* when Grommit’s sitting in jail weeping? \*\* ::raises hand:: ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/13 "2001-07-28T13:47:27Z")
I didn’t miss it!!! It’s on tonight (7/28) @ 7:00pm, pacific!!! Yeah!!! ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/14 "2001-07-28T14:25:08Z")
Cheese for everybody! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/15 "2001-07-28T15:41:11Z")
This year was the first time me and my son (8) ever saw Wallace and Gromit. We love them! We just got cable, so we will probably be watching even though we saw all of the videos already. He likes the evil penguin one. My question: Why Gromit? Whats it supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-and-grommit-on-the-cartoon-network-tonight/73988/16 "2001-07-28T15:54:01Z")
Where I went to school in Britain a grommit/grommet/gromit was a generic term for any technical or industrial item whose purpose you couldn’t quite fathom. Also known as a widget, a doodah or one of a million other names. There is actually a proper word ‘grommet’ for an eyelet of material, but I doubt that’s what Park had in mind. I go with the colloquial use…